 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.  The Quarterly Review - Page 251856Full view - About this book
 | John Goodwin - 1835 - 568 pages
...without the help of the figure XO.T avr<<fipa.o-\v be admitted for true, that Jeremy of Jerusalem was a man of strife, and a man of contention, to the whole earth, as well as " that Ishmael of Coleman-street," and yet was a true Prophet, and never the less like so... | |
 | Bible - 1838 - 900 pages
...and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. 10 ^| uWoe eketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 *If a son shall ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth curse... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...bitter for the time, and agonizing to the heart. They may have often constrained the exclamation : " Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contentions to all the earth." They may have almost tempted them to the resolution of the persecuted,... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - Sermons, English - 1836 - 612 pages
...it is a place of strife ; and some may say with Jeremiah, " Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth. — Without are fightings, and within are fears. — Deep calleth unto deep, at the noise of thy water... | |
 | 1836 - 454 pages
...the sword Before the face of their enemies, saith JEHOVAH.' 10 Wo unto me, O my mother ! For tliou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention throughout the whole land ; Yet have I neither lent on usury, nor have they taken usury of me. 11 They... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...mother of many children, now languisheth, and gives up the ghost : her life is untimely ended. XV. 10. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man...strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth curse... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Church history - 1837 - 590 pages
...discharge of his commission the greatest variance and offence, cries with the sad prophet Jeremiah, ' Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me, a man of strife and contention !' Nor was this hid from the wise poet Sophocles, who, in that place where Tiresias is called... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 604 pages
...blessings ? Complaints, I know, are unpleasing, however just ; but now not more unpleasing than necessary. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of contention; Jer. xv. 10. I must cry out in this sad day, of the sins of my people. The searchers of... | |
 | William Howitt - Atrocities - 1838 - 548 pages
...OF ALL THE HEATHEN WORLD TO THE PORTUGUESE AND SPANIARDS. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth. — Jeremiah xv. 10. Also in their skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents. Jeremiah... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. 10 If ' Woe is me, my mother, that j J<*03 •,'.• &cthou it shall be besieged, and ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth curse... | |
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